The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1887-04-14
LOCAL NEWS.

Mr.. Mercer Of the St. Paul type
foundry is in the city.
Timothy and all kinds uf grass
seeds at Henry Miller's.
John Reeder of the Chicago store
has a nice fresh stock of groceies.
Rev. G. B. Barnes will consider
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher's the.
ology Sunday evening.
Henry Miller has a very large as.
sortment of garden seeds, and is
selling them at bottom prices, l
Smoke Ell Cupido or Ell Recreo.
The best 10 cent cigars in the city,
For sale at the Magnet, only.
Rev. j. NJ. Van Every will preacl,
a sermon Sunday evening on "SIu-
sic," and one on the evening of the
oath on Temperance"
Parties who know about the late
Miss Catharine Wolfe's affairs say
she was certainly worth $25.OOO, 900.
She gave away 100000 a year.
At the council meeting last even.
ing A. Bessie, w. A. Seely, Chas.
Wood, DIR. H. Reno and DIR. G.. B.
Rockwell we're appointed a board of
health.
I Any one wanting anything in the
legal line will find the Hon. John G.
Pyatt over the old Bank of Wahpe.
ton building, oficeing with En-.
gineer Banding.
Breckenridge Gazette !: W. A.
Seely is putting up'a row, five in all,
of tenement houses, southeast of the
round house. This will, no doubt,
prove a paying speculation.
Seeding had become very general
when the rain set in Tuesday. Some
rain was needed as several farmers
had really been driven from the field
on account of dust when the wind
blew.
II. w. Troy, Esq.,, has Withdrawn
officially from the Northwestern
Mutual Insurance Company and
will in the future represent the
company in Wisconsin, with head.
quarters at Madison. L. w. Kellogg,
Esq, takes the vacated place here.
Rev. Mr.. Barnes promised fol
last Sunday evening to "right the
rector" on latter's sermon of the Sd
inst. but he did not answer Rev
Mr.. Pinkham at all, in fact said he
would consider tue Biblical founda
tion for total abstinence in abont 8
month. We regard Mr.. Barnes
talk as very wild and Incorporate
and win not do the community the
injustice of attempting to report 1t
Mayor swaine re-appointed Chief
Proper of the police force, and fo,
assistants appointed Joseph Schmitt
and Patrick McCabe to take the
places. respectively, of Theo Reitel
and L. C. Patton. And from the
strict orders given the policemen
both as to individual responsibilities
and duties devolving upon them in
enforcing the laws, is clearly shown
that he promises to give Wahpeton
an admirable government and the
beauty of this thing is, the doctor
will be sustained by every body in
the city.
The wind and rain storm from
the southwest created quite com.
motion at Hankinson on the Tintah
branch of the Manitoba road Sat.
urday afternoon last, at which place
the east bound freight train stopped
until after the "blow," and from
which train the passengers, many of
whom were travelling men, climbed
out Of the cars and lying down in
the mud held on to the rails for
dear life, there being however. no
damage done. and when the travel
ers regained their feet ani finding
themselves very muddy and wet, ex.
pressed satisfaction that no more
damage was done. 1t was noticed
that an Sminons cloud or streak
passed north in the storm some few
miles west of the city that afternoon,
which attracted no little attention,
and there was universal express
ion of relief among the people here
Wien it was found no damage was
to be done,